Thirty-six years of changing lives — one community at a time.
A US 501(c)(3) delivering healthcare, education, livelihoods, clean energy, child protection, and nutrition across Asia.
The Gap We Close
Millions of people across South Asia live more than two hours from the nearest doctor. Our field programmes have spent 36 years closing that gap.
For the communities we serve, the distance to help isn't measured in minutes — it's measured in preventable deaths, dropped-out daughters, and untreated wounds. This brochure is a short account of what's possible when an organisation decides, on purpose, to stay.
Why We Exist
The need is not abstract. It has a name, a face, and an address.
People across South & Southeast Asia without reliable access to safe drinking water
Of rural girls drop out of school around puberty — no toilets, no support
Children under 5 facing chronic malnutrition in the regions we serve
We go where other organisations find it hard to reach — the last village off the last road. Our work is neither dramatic nor glamorous; it is daily, local, and rooted in 36 years of community trust.
Sources: UNICEF, WHO, World Bank
What We Do
Eight programmes, one promise: show up and stay.
Child Welfare & Education
Residential care, free schooling, daily meals, and healthcare for orphaned and at-risk children since 1990.
Healthcare
50-bed hospital with a 23-bed ICU, full surgical and maternal care. The only affordable option for many in the region.
Child Protection & Rescue
Identification, rescue, and rehabilitation of children in exploitative or dangerous situations — ensuring every child reaches safety and school.
Girl's Education & Sanitation
Sanitation blocks and menstrual-hygiene rooms in schools where girls were dropping out at menarche. Zero dropouts at menarche in schools with MTN sanitation blocks.
Nutrition & Food Security
Street feeding stations, emergency food rations, and targeted nutrition support for the most vulnerable families and children.
Livelihoods & Enterprise
9-month vocational training — sewing, literacy, and small-business skills. Graduates leave with a sewing machine and a livelihood.
Clean Energy & Environment
Solar installations, clean cookstoves, and community infrastructure bringing energy access and environmental resilience to remote villages.
Community Health Outreach
Monthly mobile clinics to remote villages — doctors, nurses, and medicine delivered to the doorstep.
Why We Started
“We started in 1990 with seventeen children and a conviction that no one should be left behind by geography. Today, more than a million and a half lives later, that conviction has not changed.”
The pages before this one show the scale of the need. The pages after show how seventeen children became seventy-five thousand, and how a single children's home became the hospital, schools, livelihood programmes, wells, and camps that serve communities across Asia today.
— The MTN Team
Impact Since 1990
Thirty-six years. Every number is a record we can share on request.
Patients treated
Children served with education
School days delivered
Women trained in a trade
Clean water wells drilled
Schools with sanitation support
Villages and communities reached
A Life Changed
Priya, age 16 — first in her family to finish grade 10.
“If I become a nurse, I want to go back to my village. The women there would not have lost their children if someone had come sooner.”
Orphaned at 5 when tuberculosis took her father. Mother too ill to work. Priya and her sister dropped out of school. One meal a day. Priya had stopped speaking.
Placed in our children's home. Daily meals, regular health checks, tutoring, counselling. Enrolled in grade 2, on time, the year she arrived.
Grade 10 board exams next quarter. Top five in her class in biology. Accepted into MTN's nursing-pathway mentoring cohort.
Name changed to protect privacy. Full story and more at missiontothenations.com/stories
Where Your Gift Goes
Over 90% of every dollar reaches the field.
Healthcare, education, livelihood, water, sanitation
Rent, utilities, basic admin for field teams
Appeals, donor communications, digital tools
- US 501(c)(3) — tax-deductible for US donors
- Independent financial review — records available on request
Financial records reviewed annually by an independent accountant. Full documentation available on request.
What Your Gift Does
Every amount has a specific job.
How to Give
Three ways, any amount.
Online
PayPal, Venmo, or card — one-time or recurring.
missiontothenations.com/donate
Scan to Pay
Scan with your phone camera — PayPal, Venmo, card.
Cheque by Mail
Make cheques payable to Mission to the Nations and mail to:
Mission to the Nations[US MAILING ADDRESS — TO CONFIRM]
- Giving enquiries: info@missiontothenations.com
- Partnerships: missiontothenations.com/get-involved/ngo-partners
- Web: missiontothenations.com
One Ask
Sponsor a child for $30 a month.
Shelter, school, meals, and healthcare — for one child, for one year.
We are grateful for every gift, every partnership, and every friend who has helped us reach this point. The road ahead is long — we're glad you're on it with us.